Mock Draft: Albums that never, ever get old
Rules: Not a lot to explain here. One album per round. No repeats of artists.
Round 1
BiweeklyBrilliance: Who's up first?
HatsForBats: I'll give you first pick since I proposed the topic.
BwB: I would stick it to you and take The Verve: Urban Hymns, but I'm not that cruel. (Yes, he is--ed.)
H4B: I wondered if you would try that. I was going to take it with a lower pick since it's too obvious for me.
BwB: I figured. OK, I'll start with Ted Leo and the Pharmacists: "Hearts of Oak".
H4B: Good one. I'll go with Counting Crows: "Across a Wire Live in New York City".
BwB: Ooh, a fine choice. I could listen to the 10-minute version of "Round Here" forever.
H4B: I love both discs separately.
BwB: Related: you should pick up the live Wilco double album, "Kicking Television: Live in Chicago". It's like a greatest hits, but they added this wicked awesome 3rd guitar player (Nels Cline) who really adds some bite to a lot of tracks.
H4B: Nice. I'll check it out. You're still on the clock, by the way :-P
BwB: Sue me.
Round 2
BwB: AC[lightning bolt]DC: "Back in Black".
H4B: Good one. All right, I'm hitting you where you live: Smashing Pumpkins: "Siamese Dream".
BwB: Ass. But for the record I would have taken "Adore" before "Siamese Dream."
H4B: I knew you would. ... we know each other way too well in this regard.
Round 3
BwB: Led Zeppelin: Houses of the Holy.
H4B: Hmm. All right, I'll swing it back newer. Postal Service: "Give Up".
Round 4
BwB: Hmm, I'll go a little out there. Eminem: "Marshall Mathers LP".
H4B: Interesting choice.
BwB: It still amuses me to this day. I never expect it either.
H4B: Okay, I should have taken this one earlier. The Refreshments: "Fizzy Fuzzy Big and Buzzy".
Round 5
BwB: You're going to hate me: Jeff Buckley: "Grace".
H4B: Oh, that's so good, it should have been mine. ALl right, The Verve: Urban Hymns. I gotta protect now.
BwB: Yeah I knew Jeff Buckley would get you sweating.
H4B: Big oversight on my part.
Round 6
BwB: Nirvana: "MTV Unplugged in New York".
H4B: Radiohead: "The Bends".
BwB: Wow. Monster pick. Lot of upside potential. Big wingspan... etc.
H4B: I had to recover from Grace.
Round 7
BwB: Ozomatli: "Ozomatli".
H4B: Damn. OK, you hit me where I live now.
BwB: Know what? I stole album from you. Call the RIAA. (He did not steal. Please do not call the RIAA--ed.)
H4B: Miles Davis: "Kind of Blue".
BwB: Nice. By the way, I think my favorite part of "Kind of Blue" is how every single "best albums of all time" lists always places it at, like, #6.
H4B: "We need some jazz on there, but it doesn't need to be first."
BwB: There's always a pissing war between "Pet Sounds" and "Revolver" and "Sgt. Peppers" and "Blood on the Tracks"... but there's "Kind of Blue" at #6 every single time. I think that qualifies it for #1 ever.
H4B: By the way, I'll just say it: I was happy for that Thriller video this morning, because I had the Beatles in my head, and I didn't want them there. Stupid deli radio. "Let it Be." Ugh.
BwB: That's how I respond to "Are you a Beatles or a Stones guy" questions. I say I'm in MJ's court :-P (Hopefully not in his bed!--ed.)
Round 8
BwB: Oh, you're going to want to reach through the series of tubes and murder me: Over the Rhine: "Ohio".
H4B: Ahh! I knew it was out there.
BwB: I admit that's a mean-spirited pick. Thanks for turning me on to Over the Rhine, by the way.
H4B: Grrr, and you've already got Ted Leo off the board. Okay, fine, you wanna play that? Sufjan Stevens: "Illinois"
BwB: Oooooooooooooooooh! You MONSTER. It cuts like a knife!
H4B: You brought this upon yourself!
BwB: Damn you for taking away one of my favorite songs, "Casimir Pulaski Day."
H4B: Ditto, "Suitcase."
Round 9. Final round!
BwB: Drive-By Truckers: "Decoration Day"
H4B: Now you're just doing this out of spite. I commend that. My last pick: Arcade Fire: "Funeral"
BwB: I hadn't considered that. Nicely done.
OK folks, let's hear what yours would be in the comments.
3 comments:
With my first and only pick, I'll take Pink Floyd's The Wall, and win the league.
- Bill
No Journey?! Jesus, I'm ashamed of both of you.
Bill:
I was waffling between "Dark Side of the Moon" and "Wish You Were Here." I would have nabbed one but then we started picking things out of spite and it spiralled downhill from there. Scott isn't really a big Floyd fan, so I went with stuff that I thought would sting.
Little known fact: "The Wall" was the third album I ever owned.
Miranda:
I hate myself as well. However, Journey has lost much camp appeal after "Family Guy" and "Sopranos" featured their songs heavily. It's hard to love Journey these days without looking like a bandwagon asshole. In about six months when the "Sopranos" has faded from memory, Journey's Greatest Hits would be the #1 pick and would crush all challengers.
That's the other concern: we hadn't gone over whether "Greatest Hits" were cheating or not. If they were, Journey and Tom Petty have greatest hits albums that are far and away better than 99% of music out there and would have been drafted quickly.
Still, I'm beating myself up like an insubordinate house elf for missing Journey.
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